Film
This Italian American director, born in Queens, New York, created Goodfellas, The Departed, and Killers of the Flower Moon.
Who is Martin Scorsese?
Born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, this Italian American pop superstar is known for hits like Bad Romance and Shallow, and has won Oscars, Grammys, and Golden Globes.
Who is Lady Gaga?
This Italian explorer, sailing under the Spanish crown in 1492, made contact with the Americas, a voyage that permanently changed the course of world history.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
This 1972 Francis Ford Coppola film, widely considered one of the greatest movies ever made, fellows the Italian American Corleone crime family.
What is The Godfather?
This Italian American singer, nicknamed “Ol’ Blue Eyes “and “The Chairman of the Board”, defined the American pop standard and Las Vegas entertainment scene in the 20th century.
Who is Frank Sinatra?
This Italian American scientist, working at the University of Chicago in 1942, led the team that created the world's first nuclear reactor, fundamentally shaping modern energy and warfare.
Who is Enrico Fermi?
This Italian neorealist film directed by Vittorio De Sica follows a father and son searching for a stolen bicycle in post WWII Rome, and is considered one of cinema’s most influential works.
What is Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di Biciclette)?
This Italian Composer invented a system of writing music notes on a staff with lines, giving the entire world a standardized way to read and share music, which is a foundation modern musicians still use today.
Who is Guido d’Arezzo?
This Italian immigrant founded a small San Francisco bank in 1904 specifically to serve working-class immigrants who were denied loans by larger institutions, which would later become the Bank of America.
Who is A.P. Giannini?
This Italian filmmaker, known as the “Master of Horror”, directed Suspiria in 1977 and pioneered the giallo genre, a style of stylized thriller that directly influenced American slasher films for decades.
Who is Dario Argento?
This Italian American composer scored over 500 films and TV shows, including The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly & Once Upon a Time in America, and is widely credited with revolutionizing the role of music in cinema.
Who is Ennio Morricone?
This Italian American congresswoman from New York, first elected in 1984, became the first woman and first Italian American to deliver a major party’s vice presidential nomination acceptance speech.
Who is Geraldine Ferraro?